Dr Maxine HoltSenior Lecturer

May 2011: The relationship between the resilience of SMEs in times of slow economic growth and staff wellbeing

May 2010: NHS Wirral Exploration of the impact and effectiveness of a stop smoking social marketing campaign.

May 2010: The People's Open Access University Masters in Public Health

Sept 2009/May 2010: PHORUS (Public Health Open Resources for the University Sector) Dephi study for the development of Public Health Open Learning Material

August 2009-2010: Development and delivery of Public Health Curriculum for the Groundwork Charity Trust £10.000. The workshop aims:
- To provide bespoke training for project workers in public health

March 2009-2012: ChaMPs Public Health Intervention Training in Pre-registration Nursing Programmes. A three year study which aims:
- To evaluate the impact of adding brief intervention training into the pre registration nursing curricula in the participating HEI's in Cheshire & Merseyside.

Projects funded and non/funded Involvement:

April 2011: HIEC Health at work project. MMU Academy for H&WB Collaborative project with the UOS. This project will lead to:
- the development of an effective management tool for positive mental well-being and musculoskeletal intervention which has been piloted in several workplaces
- an organisational development approach for managing positive mental health and musculoskeletal intervention in a challenging economic climate

Sept 2010-201: MMU collaborative research with UCLAN. Preventing and minimising Gambling related harm in Higher Education settings. The aims of the project are to:
- Develop and raise levels of awareness of gambling as an issue for higher education.
- Provide resources to support students and staff which will minimise and prevent gambling-related harm in universities.

May 2010-2011: Seed Corn funding for further development of fellowship web based public Health programme. The project aims:
- To develop on line/web based inter-professional module on Health Needs Assessment.
Sept 2009-May2010: PHORUS (Public Health Open Resources for the University Sector) Delphi study: The project aim
- The development of Public Health Open Learning Material

Awards

2010: Seedcorn funding award
2010: The MMU 'Contribution to Research & Enterprise Award'
2008: Completed an academic fellowship for the development of a contemporary public health curriculum using inter-professional and blended learning experiences across professional disciplines

Research Interests

Practice of public health nursing practice.

Professional Body Membership and Activity

Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
Higher Education Academy - Honorary Fellow Member
Royal Society for Public Health - Member
The Royal Society for the Promotion of health - Fellow Member
North West Public Health Teaching and Learning Networks
Member of a working party at Central Government with the DOH lead nurse developing the new public health framework for nursing

Editorships and Consultancies

Reviewer For Journal Clinical Nursing
Reviewer For Journal For The Royal Society of Public Health

Holt, M. (2012) "The relationship between the resilience of Small, Medium Enterprises (SME) in times of slow economic growth and staff Health & Wellbeing", 2nd International Wellbeing at Work Conference, Manchester.